PSYE306 Мислене, разсъждение и решаване на проблеми
Анотация:
This course is introducing concepts like thinking, reasoning, problem solving, decision-making and presenting various alternative paradigms and theories of thinking and involves students in active learning practices, including critical reading, discussion, on-line experimentation, designing experiments, and group project work.
Преподавател(и):
доц. Пенка Христова д-р
Описание на курса:
Компетенции:
1) знаят:
• Basic concepts of the processes in human thinking
• Knowledge of alternative paradigms and theories of human thinking
• Basic knowledge about the brain mechanisms, the development and the evolution of thinking
2) могат:
• Critically read, understand and question the literature on thinking
• Design experiments to test theories of thinking
• Apply the knowledge about thinking in various domains, such as educational practices, court rooms, science labs, clinics, and everyday life.
Предварителни изисквания:
Basic knowledge in brain organization and cognitive processes and methods of experimental psychology.
Форми на провеждане:
Редовен
Учебни форми:
Лекция
Език, на който се води курса:
Английски
Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:
1 What is Thinking? Basic concepts
2 Deductive Reasoning
3 Inductive Reasoning
4 Analogy
5 Visuospatial (Diagrammatic) Reasoning
6 Associationistic and Behavioristic Approaches to Problem Solving
7 Classic Approaches to Problem Solving: Behaviorism and Gestalt Psychology
8 Search in a State Space and Schema Approaches to Problem Solving
9 Decision Making, Heuristics and Biases
10 Development of Thinking: from Infancy to Aging
11 Non-human Primate and Other Animals Thinking
12 Brain Mechanisms of Thinking
13 Creative Thinking
14 Thinking in Context: Situatedness, Cultural Influence, and Embodiment
15 Experimental designs and Midterm test
Литература по темите:
Основна
• Mayer (1992). Thinking, Problem Solving, Cognition. 2nd edition, NY: W.H. Freeman
• Holyoak, K. J., & Morrison, R. G. (2012). Thinking and reasoning, The Oxford handbook of thinking and reasoning. New York: Oxford University Press
Допълнителна
• Smith, E. Osherson, D. (1995) Thinking: An Invitation to Cognitive Science, 2nd edition, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
• Garnham, A. & Oakhill, J. (1994). Thinking and reasoning. Oxford: Blackwell.
• Gilhooly, K. (1988). Thinking: Directed, Undirected, Creative. London: Academic Press
Средства за оценяване:
• Design an experiment to test a theory of thinking
• Participate in a group project applying theories of thinking in a practical domain, such as legal reasoning, scientific reasoning, medical reasoning, intelligence test, education – learning to think, everyday thinking – motivated thinking, etc.
• Multiple-Choice Test